
A Stroll Around The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Work brought me to Edinburgh this week. I could not pay a visit to one of my favourite cities in the world without a […]
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Work brought me to Edinburgh this week. I could not pay a visit to one of my favourite cities in the world without a […]
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January is a unique month in the year when plants, on the whole, demand very little from gardeners. House plants are an exception, but […]
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Living and gardening by the coast, I find my senses become attuned to a very specific set of sensations: the sound of seagulls, restless […]
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The recipe for a classic seaside garden is as tried and tested as that for the most British of cakes, a Victoria Sandwich. Take a sheet […]
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You’ve all heard of primrose yellow, but let me introduce you to primrose blue. As a flower colour blue is something of acquired taste, especially […]
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For two years in a row I have waxed lyrical about Iris ‘Katherine Hodgkin’, a reticulated hybrid with bleached denim-blue flowers that remind me of […]
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Despite the inevitable fuss over the show gardens, the highlight of my visit to Chelsea Flower Show is always the Great Pavilion. At 12,000 square […]
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I am falling ever further behind with my list of posts to write, which on balance is a lot better than having nothing to say […]
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The last time I had a full week away from work was last August, so I am, in a word, exhausted. Our forthcoming break in Cornwall […]
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Just like snowdrops, hepaticas have recently developed something of a cult following in the UK. A fascination with these diminutive members of the buttercup […]
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Those of you who look in on The Frustrated Gardener regularly will know that I treasure my little jaunts from my place of work […]
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A reminder that next week, on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd February, the RHS will be marking the imminent arrival of spring with their […]
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